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Posted on 08/28/2006 7:27:21 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Florida Governor Jeb Bush ordered a state of emergency in advance of Ernesto's anticipated Florida landfall as a hurricane. During his press briefing, Governor Bush emphasized the need to, "Have your family plan in place. Be prepared to be on your own for 72 hours. I know it sounds like a broken record." Jeb then repeated his message in Spanish.
All of the South Florida peninsula and Keys are under a hurricane watch, and portions of the watch areas may be upgraded to hurricane warnings later today.
NASA is moving Space Shuttle Atlantis from the launch pad back to its protective hangar, with the launch postponed until at least Sept. 7-8.
Hurricane Ernesto was downgraded to Tropical Storm status after battering Haiti and the Dominican Republic all day Sunday. The death toll in Haiti from Ernesto currently stands at 1 person; storm reports from Hispaniola are scarce this morning.
Ernesto has approached the eastern portion of Cuba, where the government issued a hurricane warning for six provinces, tourists were evacuated, and baseball games were played earlier Sunday than originally scheduled.
Public Advisories Updated every three hours.
Tropical Storm Discussion Updated every six hours
Ernesto Storm Track Archive Nice animated progression of 3 & 5 day forecast tracks
Buoy Data Florida & Eastern GOM
Satellite Images
Additional Resources:
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City
| Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
| Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
| Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
| Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
| Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
Tropical Storm Ernesto I
Hurricane Ernesto
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Regarding your "Interesting animated Skeetobite track"
http://flhurricane.com/sbanimator.php?year=2006&storm=5
That is interesting, fascinating, and bookmarking worthy!
Thanks.
That's a fantastic link...thanks!
New thread due within the hour...
Thanks, but credit goes to Starwise who sent it to me and a few others.
The graphic posted a couple up from me has it going...right over me. Hmmm..
I wasn't here for either of those (moved back up here in January 2005) but saw the pictures from both. We were here for a craft show in September just after Isabel came through and heard a lot about it. Gaston was just a rain event, but it dumped so much so fast that some folks down in Shockoe Bottom couldn't get out--they just had to flee up to the second floors of the bars and restaurants and ride it out, watching their cars float away. I think the Corps' vaunted floodwall on the James actually kept the water in more than it kept the James out that day.
I was here in '96 when we got grazed by Fran--in fact, supposedly I had a weak tornado skip right over my apartment building, according to some spotter reports. That was the morning I was supposed to drive down to South Carolina to meet the email penpal that is now my wife. :) I drove it anyway. Driving through the backside of a tropical storm was an interesting experience. Especially when there wasn't a single bathroom open and functioning on Interstate 85 between Richmond and Greensboro.
Even growing up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge, we always took hurricanes seriously. I vaguely remember the mess from Agnes in '72, and the remnants of Camille devastated the county just north of us with 24" of rain in one night. Geography is very kind to us in the hurricane department, though, in general. Florida and the Outer Banks are the hurricane magnets, I don't remember Virginia Beach or the Eastern Shore ever being directly hit by one. Damn sure wouldn't want to be on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel with one bearing down, though!
}:-)4
I'm not sure why it won't work for you. I have broadband and what I think is pretty fast pc and I do have to wait a little bit for all the images to load. If you can view the nhc satellit images it seems you should be able to view this as well. One thing that really amazes me is how often there is storm activity over the northern part of earth.
I hear ya! It's weird too how you can look at a perfectly formed hurricane and yes they can be deadly but it really puts one in awe to see the pics the hurricane hunters have and there is a beauty even to the most deadly storm. Hopefully that makes sense and I don't get flamed for wishing bad on people because I don't.
I bet they double or triple, law of supply and demand. The demand for road use goes up but the supply of roads does not change.
I bet they are wrong and that after all is said and done, they will sit down and say "What the h*ll happened? It was supposed to be 50 times worse than Katrina, the sky was supposed to fall, it was supposed to be the end of the world", etc.
I think the hype about this storm is overblown and will only go to prove that they can't predict the future when it comes to weather and climate.
Another cool link bookmarked. Thanks for that great find also.
Ooops, here's the link to their main page, too. Looks like it's packed with good info.
http://flhurricane.com
Why don't you post that on the new thread? That way people can catch it at the beginning. Seems like these cool links are showing up at the ends of the threads.
Yes, but the 2000 election was tougher to deal with!
( arrived in FLA., June,'69)
Oh indeed!! lol :)
http://philadelphiaweather.blogspot.com/2006/08/watching-ernesto-today.html
Here is a link to some radar shots of Ernesto as it crosses Florida today.
Thanks :)
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